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Zacatecas Study Sites

Study Sites

The field work was carried out in three towns belonging to the municipality of Zacatecas, with different characteristics: a rural community (ejido Benito Juárez), a peri-urban (Camino Real neighborhood, part of the suburban ejido of El Orito) and an urban one (Alma Obrera neighborhood), City of Zacatecas). The selection of these locations was due to the presence of the IZAC project in all of them. In addition, two of the three locations (El Orito and Benito Juárez) are close to the La Bufa wind farm, so they have rented their land for their operation or received offers to do so.

The ejido of San Cayetano Benito Juárez was selected on the recommendation of Alejandro Gaspar (former collaborator of IZAC). According to him, in rural communities like this one there was "the paradigm shift" with the replacement of wood heaters by solar. In this town, in addition to agricultural activities, men are engaged in the extraction of slab for sale. Benito Juárez ejidatarios refused to rent their land for the La Bufa wind farm. Photo: Dulce Sosa